HYPO

/ˈhaɪ.pəʊ/
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Definition

/ˈhaɪ.pəʊ/
noun
  1. Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression.
    “1837 Abraham Lincoln: Tell your sister I dont want to hear any more about selling out and moving. That gives me the hypo whenever I think of it. (Letter to Mary S. Owens, May 7. 1837, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1.”
  2. A hypochondriac.
  3. Sodium thiosulphate, a photographic fixing agent.
  4. A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
  5. The substance sodium hyposulfite.

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